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Webster 1913 Edition

Host

Host

(hōst)
,
Noun.
[LL.
hostia
sacrifice, victim, from
hostire
to strike.]
(R. C. Ch.)
The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.
☞ In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.

Host

(hōst)
,
Noun.
[OE.
host
,
ost
, OF.
host
,
ost
, fr. L.
hostis
enemy, LL., army. See
Guest
, and cf.
Host
a landlord.]
1.
An army; a number of men gathered for war.
A
host
so great as covered all the field.
Dryden.
2.
Any great number or multitude; a throng.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
host
praising God.
Luke ii. 13.
All at once I saw a crowd,
A
host
, of golden daffodils.
Wordsworth.

Host

(hōst)
,
Noun.
[OE.
host
,
ost
, OF.
hoste
,
oste
, F.
hôte
, from L.
hospes
a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr.
hostis
stranger, enemy (akin to E.
guest
a visitor) +
potis
able; akin to Skr.
pati
master, lord. See
Host
an army,
Possible
, and cf.
Hospitable
,
Hotel
.]
1.
One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.
Chaucer.
“Fair host and Earl.”
Tennyson.
Time is like a fashionable
host
,
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
Shakespeare

Host

,
Verb.
T.
To give entertainment to.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Host

,
Verb.
I.
To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.
[Obs.]
“Where you shall host.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Host

HOST

,
Noun.
[L.hostis, a stranger, an enemy, probably of the same family. See Hospitable.]
1.
One who entertains another at his own house, without reward.
Homer never entertained guests or hosts with long speeches.
2.
One who entertains another at his house for reward; an innkeeper; a landlord.
3.
A guest; one who is entertained at the house of another. The innkeeper says of the traveler,he has a good host,and the traveler says of his landlord, he has a kind host. [See Guest.]

HOST

,
Noun.
[L. hostis, a stranger, an enemy.] The sense is probably transferred from a single foe to an army of foes.]
1.
An army; a number of men embodied for war.
2.
Any great number or multitude.

HOST

,
Noun.
[L. hostia, a victim or sacrifice, from hostis, an enemy.]
In the Romish church, the sacrifice of the mass, or the consecrated wafer, representing the body of Christ, or as the Catholics allege, transubstantiated into his own body.

HOST

,
Verb.
I.
To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Little used.]

HOST

,
Verb.
T.
To give entertainment to. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

Host

Host

See also: host, höst, hőst, and hosť

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Host m

  1. cough

Related terms

host

host

See also: Host, höst, hőst, høst, and hosť

English

Alternative forms

Noun

host ‎(plural hosts, feminine hostess)

  1. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
    A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs.‎
    • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare
      Time is like a fashionable host, / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
  2. One that provides a facility for an event.
  3. A person or organization responsible for running an event.
    Our company is host of the annual conference this year.‎
  4. A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
    The host was terrible, but the acts themselves were good.‎
  5. (computing, Internet) A server in a network.
  6. (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
  7. (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
    • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
      Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
    Viruses depend on the host that they infect in order to be able to reproduce.‎
  8. (evolutionism, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.
    The so-called junk DNA is known, so far, to provide no apparent benefit to its host.‎
  9. A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.

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Verb

host ‎(third-person singular simple present hosts, present participle hosting, simple past and past participle hosted)

  1. To perform the role of a host.
    • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
      Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.
    Our company will host the annual conference this year.‎
    I was terrible at hosting that show.‎
    I’ll be hosting tonight. I hope I’m not terrible.‎
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To lodge at an inn.
    • Shakespeare
      Where you shall host.
  3. (computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
    • 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, Usenet
      CMU/TEK TCP/IP software uses an excessive amount of cpu resources for terminal support both outbound, when accessing another system, and inbound, when the local system is hosting a session.
    Kremvax hosts a variety of services.‎
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Etymology 2

From Old French hoste, from Middle Latin hostis ‎(“foreign enemy”) (as opposed to inimicus ‎(“personal enemy”)), cognate with etymology 1.

Noun

host ‎(plural hosts)

  1. A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot
      Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!
    • 2001, Carlos Parada, Hesione 2, Greek Mythology Link
      the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.
  2. A large number of items; a large inventory.
    A host of parts for my Model A.
Derived terms
  • heavenly host
  • Lord of Hosts
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English also oist, ost, from Old French hoiste, from Latin hostia ‎(“sacrificial victim”).

Noun

host ‎(plural hosts)

  1. (Christianity) The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.
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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin hostis.

Noun

host m ‎(plural hosts or hostos)

  1. army

See also

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gostь.

Pronunciation

Noun

host m

  1. guest
    Host do domu, Bůh do domu. ("A guest into the house, God into the house") — old proverb, meaning: respect should be shown to guests

Declension

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From English host.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦoːst/.
  • Rhymes: -ɔst

Noun

host m ‎(plural hosts, diminutive hostje n)

  1. (computing) host
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From hossen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɔst/

Verb

host

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of hossen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of hossen

Norwegian

Etymology 1

Related to hosta/hoste ("to cough").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hust/
  • Rhymes: -ust

Noun

host

  1. A single cough expulsion
Inflection

Verb

host

  1. imperative of hosta and hoste (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

From English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔust/
  • Rhymes: -ɔust

Noun

host m

  1. (computing) host
Inflection
Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

host

  1. imperative of hoste

Portuguese

Etymology

From English host.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁowst͡ʃ/

Noun

host m (plural hosts)

  1. (networking) host (computer attached to a network)

Etymology

Compare Dutch hoest; German Husten.

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